♫♪ 'Tis the season to be jolly.. ♫♪♫


Cheerful carols. Nostalgic Christmas songs. Colorful lanterns. 


Once again, we find ourselves entangled in the spirit of the holiday season – a time for merriment and carefree festivities. No matter how much we dread the rush, the long list of gifts to be bought, the busy streets and the unruly crowd in the malls and tiangges, come Christmas time, the flame of charity never fails to kindle our hearts. Costly bills and tedious preparations won’t even bother us anymore. What will really matter are the delightful smiles and the happy faces, and of course, the warm circle of family and dear friends. Because at Christmas, regardless of who we are and where we may be, all roads lead to home.

Happy Holidays!!! =)


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THE CRACKED JAR

by PAULO COELHO

An Indian legend tells of a man who carried water to his village every day, in two large jars tied to the ends of a wooden pole, which he balanced on his back.
One of the jars was older than the other, and had some small cracks. Every time the man covered the distance to his house, half of the water was lost.

The younger jar was always very proud of its performance, safe in the knowledge that it was up to the mission it had been made for, while the other jar was mortified with shame at only fulfilling half of its allotted task. It was so ashamed that one day, while the man got ready to fetch water from the well, it decided to speak to him: "I want to apologize, but because of the many years of service, you are only able to deliver half of my load, and quench half of the thirst which awaits you at your home." The man smiled, and said: "When we return, observe carefully the path." And so it did. The jar noticed that on its side, many flowers and plants grew. "See how nature is more lovely on your side?" commented the man. "I always knew you were cracked, and decided to make use of this fact. I planted flowers and vegetables, and you have always watered them. I have picked many roses to decorate my house with. I have fed my children with lettuce, cabbage and onions. If you were not as you are, how could I have done that?"

All of us, at some point, grow old and start to acquire other qualities. We can always make the most of each one of these new qualities and obtain a good result.

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also known as the Millennial Generation (or Millennials), Generation Next, Net Generation, or Echo Boomers. 

Experts differ on the actual start date of Generation Y. Some sources use starting dates as early as 1976. Other sources use 1978, 1980, or 1982. While 1982 is a fairly common start date, some sources use even later dates, with 1982-1995 and 1982-2000 as common ranges.

Authors William Strauss and Neil Howe use 1982 and 2001 as the start and end years of the generation, respectively. They believe that the coming of age of year 2000 high school graduates sharply contrasts with those born before them and after them due to the attention they received from the media and what influenced them politically. According to their 1997 book, The Fourth Turning, modern history repeats itself every four generations; approximately 80–100 years. They mentioned that the four-cycles always come in the same order. The first one, the High cycle, occurs when a new order or human expansion is developed, replacing the older one. The next cycle, more spiritual than the previous, is called the Awakening. This is a time of rebellion against the already established order. The third cycle is known as the Unraveling, when elements of individualism and fragmentation take over society, developing a troubled era which leads directly to the Fourth Turning, an era of crisis-dominating society during which a redefinition of its very structure, goals, and purposes is established.

Each generation has its archetypes, the four having the following one defined as: Prophet, Nomad, Hero, and Artist. According to the aforementioned book, Millennials belong to the Hero category, featuring a deep trust in authority and institutions; being somewhat conventional, but still powerful. They grew up during an Unraveling cycle with more protections than the previous generation (Gen X). They are heavily dependent on teamwork, and thus, when they come of age, turn into the heroic team-working young people of a Crisis. In their middle years, they become the energetic, decisive, and strong leaders of a High cycle; and in old age, they become the criticized powerful elders of an Awakening cycle.

One author, Elwood Carlson, locates the American generation, which he calls "New Boomers," between 1983 and 2001, because of the upswing in births after 1983, finishing with the "political and social challenges" that occurred after the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001, and the "persistent economic difficulties" of the time. 

In Australia, there is much debate over the dates of Generation Y. It is generally accepted, however, that the first "Gen Y" members were born in 1982. Though some sources use the date range 1982-1995 for the generation, many, including the Australian Bureau of Statistics, use 1982-2000.

In Canada, 1982 is generally thought to be the starting birth year for Generation Y, ending in the mid-1990s or 2000, sometimes even as late as 2004. Like members of Generation X, who are heavily influenced by the advent of MTV, early members of Generation Y are also sometimes called the MTV Generation. This term can also be a catch phrase for youth of the late 20th century, depending on the context.

Jean Twenge, author of the 2007 book Generation Me, considers Generation Y along with later Xers to be part of a generation called Generation Me. This is based on personality surveys that showed increasing narcissism among this generation compared to Boomers when they were teens and twenty-somethings. 

Trophy Generation

The Millennials are sometimes called the "Trophy Kids",  a term that reflects the trend in competitive sports, as well as many other aspects of life, where mere participation is frequently enough for a reward. It has been reported that this is an issue in corporate environments. Some employers are concerned that Millennials have too great expectations from the workplace. Studies predict that Generation Y will switch jobs frequently, holding far more than Generation X due to their great expectations.

Peter Pan Generation

This generation is also sometimes referred to as the Boomerang Generation or Peter Pan Generation, because of the members' perceived penchant for delaying some rites of passage into adulthood, longer periods than most generations before them. These labels were also a reference to a trend toward members living with their parents for longer periods than previous generations.

As a group, Generation Y are said to be much closer to their parents than their parents' generation were. While 40% of Baby Boomers in 1974 claimed they would be "better off without their parents" according to one study, 90% of Generation Y'ers claimed to be "extremely close" to their parents in another study. Most also claim that the older generations had better morals. 

Communication 

The rise of instant communication technologies made possible through use of the internet, such as email, texting, and IM and new media used through websites like YouTube and social networking sites like Facebook,MySpace, and Twitter, may explain the Millennials' reputation for being somewhat peer-oriented due to easier facilitation of communication through technology. 

Music
(Rock and Soul for baby boomers, Grunge, Techno/Rave and Hip Hop for Generation X)

The 2000s produced no new, epoch-defining, music genres, unlike past decades. Instead, genres such as Hip-Hop and R&B built incrementally on where they were in the 90's. Autotune has been cited as the decade's sole musical innovation. Many have cited the spread of information technology, from YouTube to iTunes, to file sharing blogs, as having increased the presence of the past in individuals’ lives because of the range of content that can be accessed. As a result, Generation Y has revived styles of past decades without actually creating anything new.

Now, Indie Rock of the early 2000s has been attributed to Generation Y, as has the group Radiohead.

Interaction
Expression and acceptance has been highly important to this generation. In well-developed nations, several cohorts of Generation Y members have found comfort in online games such as MMORPGs and virtual worlds like World of Warcraft and Second Life. Flash mobbing, internet memes, and online communities have given some of the more expressive Generation Y members acceptance, while online pen pals have given the more socially timid individuals acceptance as well.

There is a trend among Millennials to choose urban, or gentrified neighborhoods, as their preferred living situations.

Cultural Identity

Generation Y has been described in a New York Times article as entrepreneurial and, "a 'post-emotional' generation. No anger, no edge, no ego." The hipster has been reluctantly accepted by members of the generation as a representative image. The social form of the small business has been cited as taking the place of the commune, and all social forms such as music, food, and good works have been expressed in those terms. However the article also says, "These movements always have an economic substrate. The beatniks and hippies — love, ecstasy, transcendence, utopia — were products of the postwar boom. The punks and slackers and devotees of hip-hop — rage, angst, nihilism, withdrawal — arose within the long stagnation that lasted from the early ’70s to the early ’90s. The hipsters were born in the dot-com boom and flourished in the real estate bubble."

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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